Fishing is becoming a meager profession in Indonesia’s industrial and resort hub of Batam. Satellite imagery shows that only 1.5% of the island’s landmass still retains mangrove habitat. Construction ...

A Tanzania-registered container vessel, Golden Star 1, sank approximately six kilometres off Batam Island, the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said.

Singapore-based Sunseap Group and Badan Pengusahaan Batam (BP Batam) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a floating photovoltaic (PV) system on the largest reservoir in ...

Dutch offshore installation company Heerema Marine Contractors has been selected by Japan's INPEX as a contractor of choice for the transport and installation of the 4,800 metric ton Ichthys LNG ...

TEMPO.CO, Batam - A RORO ship, the KMP Tandemand, succumbed to a fire in the Punggur waters of Batam City, Riau Islands, Indonesia, on Wednesday afternoon, October 2, 2024. Fortunately, all crew ...

The relaxed, if slightly seedy, Indonesian resort island of Batam, known for cheap massages, golf, and duty-free liquor, has become a hotspot for Southeast Asian Salafis, who practice a fundamentalist ...

Hey there, beach bums and city slickers! Planning a trip to Batam, that little slice of paradise in the Riau Archipelago? Well, pack those swimsuits and sunglasses because we’re about to dish on the ...

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 30-- Indonesia's Setdco Group and its partner PT Intan Megah have sought permission to build a 300,000 b/d refinery at Tanjung Sauh on Batam Island near Singapore—one of two new ...

Visitors are seen arriving at the ferry terminal on Batam island, a mere 45-minute ferry ride from Singapore, last November. Indonesia's Batam island, an industrial zone with dreams of transforming ...

Batam's long been overlooked as a less perfect younger sister to Bintan - polar opposites besides the face that they're both within ferry distance of Singapore. But massive efforts to improve ...